Balloon Dilation in Sporadic Inclusion Body Myositis Patients with Dysphagia

Here, we describe balloon catheter dilation at the upper esophageal sphincter (UES) in three sporadic inclusion body myositis (s-IBM) patients with dysphagia. Initially, we performed IVIg therapy, and, three months later, switched to balloon dilation therapy. A 12-Fr balloon catheter was inserted fr...

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Autores principales: Murata, Ken-ya, Kouda, Ken, Tajima, Fumihiro, Kondo, Tomoyoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Libertas Academica 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3547544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23362370
http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CCRep.S10200

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